FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fort Lauderdale, FL – March 3, 2017
The Legacy Companies today announced the acquisition of Yonanas Consumer Retail Division from Winston Products, LLC. Yonanas is a natural fit within The Legacy Companies’ portfolio of health and wellness brands that includes Omega Juicers and Blenders, Excalibur Dehydrators, and Nautilus Water Distillers.
In 2010, the Yonanas concept was born with the product launch officially taking place in 2011. Today, Yonanas has sold over 3 million units around the world. It is a premier lifestyle brand for an increasingly health-conscious global population.
“Yonanas strengthens our commitment to developing and marketing innovative products that foster good health and well being,” said Neal Asbury, CEO of The Legacy Companies. “From the beginning, Yonanas has been synonymous with fun, delicious, healthy desserts. Our goal is to continue to strengthen the brand, develop new products and enhance distribution around the world.”
“I’m extremely excited about the future with The Legacy Companies. We have two companies that truly understand the health conscious consumer and have had success in several product categories,” says Eileen McHale, co-founder of Yonanas.
About The Legacy Companies
The Legacy Companies is a leading food service and consumer products company that designs, manufactures and markets, nationally and internationally, a diverse portfolio of products under world-class brands such as Bevles®, Blakeslee®, Chef’sChoice®, EdgeCraft®, Excalibur®, General®, Greenfield WorldTrade, Kold-Draft®, Legion®, Maxximum®, Nautilus®, Omega®, Orien, West Bend®, Yonanas® and Zeroll®. The company’s corporate website is www.TheLegacyCompanies.com.
About Yonanas:
Yonanas (a product of Healthy Foods, LLC) turns frozen fruit and other flavorings into a delicious, healthy soft-serve treat. The unit combines frozen bananas and any additional fruit or chocolate and instantly churns the ingredients to produce a treat with the texture of frozen yogurt or soft-serve ice cream. More information can be found at www.Yonanas.com.
About Healthy Foods LLC
Launched in 2009 as a division of Winston Products, LLC, Healthy Foods, LLC is a product development company based in Cleveland, OH. This high growth company is dedicated to creating innovative products that allow people to live healthier lives. Healthy Foods’ first product to market is the Yonanas frozen fruit dessert maker. Yonanas creates a healthy treat with the look and feel of soft-serve ice cream with 100% fruit in seconds. For more information, visit www.yonanas.com.
MEDIA CONTACT
Meagan Bradley
(954) 202.7419
MBradley@TheLegacyCompanies.com